diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 9e72c5e..9333513 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ You can find platform-specific instructions to build the library in the libgit2
 
   http://libgit2.github.com
 
-Next, make sure you have the required library dependencies for pygit2: OpenSSL and ZLib.
-For instance, in Debian-based systems run::
-
-    $ sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev libssl-dev
-
 Also, make sure you have Python 2.6+ installed together with the Python development headers.
 
 When those are installed, you can install pygit2::
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f604ca0..003aeb6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ except ImportError:
     SETUPTOOLS = False
 
 # Use environment variable LIBGIT2 to set your own libgit2 configuration.
-libraries = ['git2', 'z', 'crypto']
-if os.name == 'nt':
-    libraries = ['git2']
-
 libgit2_path = os.getenv("LIBGIT2")
 if libgit2_path is None:
     if os.name == 'nt':
@@ -100,6 +96,6 @@ setup(name='pygit2',
           Extension('pygit2', ['pygit2.c'],
                     include_dirs=[libgit2_include],
                     library_dirs=[libgit2_lib],
-                    libraries=libraries),
+                    libraries=['git2']),
           ],
       **kwargs)